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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-03-03
Mrs. Cushman c. Davis.

The wife of Cushman c. Davis (who
succeeded Mr.. Mcmillan in the United
States senate) IS regarded as the most
beautiful woman in the northwest. She
has a tall, Juno-likc figure, hazel eyes,
a delicately nodded oval face. and
soft, rosy, porcelain-hke complexion
that is the despair of all her sex who
know her. She Is exceedingly fond of
horseback riding, and is a fine driver.
Her motto for health is: mo day
without the lines. - She, therefore,
may be seen every afternoon, rain or
shine, driving her spirited carriage
animal along some country road about
ST. Paul, or at the close of the day
waiting at the foot of the stairway
leading TO Gov. Davis law office to
drive him home. Mrs. Davis is an ac-
complished musician. and a cOnversa-
tionalist of great tact. She is exceed
iGgly popular among her husband s
gentleman friends. Al home she is
practical in all domestic arrangements,
and there are few fireSi,leS il the bleak
northwest where more comfort or
brighter how of wit and humor may be
anioVed than al Gov. Davis. The
Oavises have no children. Gov. Davis
has what he calls his den in the
third story of his large mansion on St.
Antony hill, where he iudurges his adj
miration for Lord Coke's maxim of
diving like hermit and working like
Il horse by abiuring a carpet and al
lowing himself nothing besides his
books, Il pipe, and a table. Here he
burns the midnight gas and works out
his legal arguments or delves in scholar
" researches. He is a devoted Shaks-
perean, and Ignatius Donneliy and he
have spent many a delightful night to-
gether swapping versions" Davis is
poor, as the word may be used nova
days when United States senators are
mentioned In 1881, when he with
drew from the firm of Davis, O'Brien
& Wilson, he was $4,000 in debt.
Since then he has earned in his large
practice something like $4,000 a year,
and he says he has paid his debts and
secured good home and lot and a few
small investments toward a rainy day.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-03-03
A Scots Device.

1t is related of Il successful Glasgow
merchant that. sightseeing in Paris
once, he lost his way. For consider
able time he wandered about trying to
find his way back. 1t got late. He
could speak no French, and his Glas-
gow-English only brought smile and
Il shake of the head.
80 for body wi IA guild Scotch
tongue in their head" he sighed
Then came a ',happy thought" BY
signs he bought the basket, measure,
and berries of trim French woman,
and, shouldering the stock-in-trade,
went along the streets yelling:
Fine grossets bawbee the pint;
fine gIossets. a bawhee the pint.
The crowd laughed at the mad
Britou, but the familiar cry soon
brought some Scotsmen on the scene,
and the merchant was able to retire
from business. and smoke his pipe in
the bosom of his family. thankful that
he had found real Scotsmen in his hour
OF need.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-03-03
Loves Going.


SESTINE.
Love lies a-sleeping: maiden, softly sing,
Lest he should waken; pluck the falling rose
A-brushing 'gainst his cheek, her glow
ing heart
Ope'd to the suns hot kisses-foolish thing
To list the tale oft told!-but summer goes
And all the roses petals fall apart.
Love lies a-sIeeping: let the curtains part
So that the breeze may lightly TO him sing
A lullaby-the changeful breeze that goes
A-whisp'ring through the grass, where's
il rose,
Where er it listeth bound, wilful thing,
Low murmuring sweets from an inconstant
heart.
That beats against thy bosom: stand apart
And stay thine eager breath. lest anything
Should mar his rest-the songs that lovers
sing,
The tale the butterfly tells to the rose
The low wind to the grass, and onward goes.
The sweet delusion he hath taught thy
heart,
Fair maiden, pressing 70 thy m breast asst the rose
Why thy quick breath! That rhyme wouldst
hear him sing
Which yesterday seem'd such a foolish thing:
Love lies a-sleeping: nay, for such thing
Break not his slumber. See how sweetly
goes
That smile across his lips, that will not sing
For very wilfulness. Love hath no heart! I!
Ii he should wake, those red-ripe lips
would part
In laughter low to see this rayish d rose.
Love lies a-sleeping: SO the full-blown rose
Falls to the earth a dead unpitied thing;
The grasses meath the breeze deep-5igh-
ing part
And sway; and as thy warm breath COMES
and goes,
In motion with the red tides of thy heart
The song is hush'd which Love was wont to
sing.
Love lies a-sleeping: thus in dreams he goes;
Strive not to waken him. but tell thy heart
Love lies a-sleeping, and he may not
sing"
Charles w Coleman, .Ir., in Harper's Maga-
zine.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-03-03
A Snake-Bite Healer.

Not long since a man known as Bap-
tiste Ricquar. of creole-French descent,
died on his farm near Kaskaskia, H..
| writes correspondent of the ST. Louis
GlOte- Democrat. For nearly half
century previous to his death he was
credited with the remarkable gift of
healing snake-bites. and of being Oh
familiar terms with the most venomous
reptiles the country afforded. 1t was
said this power had been given him by
a Canadian on his death-bed in return
for some important service. as an act
OF friendship. The conditions or cir
cumstances attending the transfer of
this curious knowledge never We're
| learned with certainty, as its possessor
was extremely Jealous of il, guarding
II with the greatest care, and revealed
it to no one until the hour of his death
when he impaired the gift to his eldest
son, who can not be induced to speak
Of it i'll the presence Of strangers.
There is. however, an abundance of
living evidence of Ricquar's power to
cure the bite OF snakes without the use
| of any kind OF medicine, and of his ap-
parent love or fellowship with and con-
troll oyer all kinds of snakes. He would
never consent to their being killed or
injured, and it is said that he kept the
largest and most venomous specimens
about his place, and that they would
approach him to be caressed or disap-
pear into their hiding places at his will.
Whenever person within reach of
old Baptiste was bitten, he was usually
sent for to relieve the pains and render
the poison innocuous. In this he was
never known to fail. He simply placed
his hands upon the wound and caution
ed the sufferer not to take any medi-
cine offered by others. 1t would insult
him highly if asked how much he
charged for his services, and would
only accept something, whatever it
might be, if offered as present upon
some other occasion.
Being devOut Catholic, his gift
brought him into bad repute with the
parish priest, who, as the story goes,
forbade him partaking of the holy sac
sament unless he fOreswore the exercise
of his black art. The bishop, however,
during one of his periodical visits to
thC pdil 10 ostll W lldNc Hsttt stll III
terview with his offending parishioner.
He inquired of Ricquar how he came
by the gift, and why he did not, at the
command of the priest, abjure such un-
canny practices. Ricquar responded
that he had no compact with the evil
one, nor was there anything wicked
about it. How could there be any
harm, he argued, in saving the life of
a fellow-creature when it was so easily
done. He had resolved many times to
give up the use of it, but when an ex-
cited neighbOr came begging him to
come and save a little child, or the wife
who had been bitten, he could not re-
fuse, even at the risk of losing favor in
the church. He was granted dispen-
sation by the bishop to participate in
the comforts of the communion without
revealing his art at confession, and
when he died he was hOnored with a
perpetual resting-place in St. Mary of
Help cemetery.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-03-03
BEDS OF ALL NATIONS.
Some of the Peeuliarities in Former Times.

The beds of the ancients had in gen
eral few peculiarities to distinguish
them from our own simpler forms.
Both the Greeks and the Romans had
their beds supported on frames that re-
sembled our modern bedsteads; feath-
er and wool mattresses were common,
and the bed-clOthing, in the luxurious
period of each nation, was richly deco
rated with elaborate needlework. The
BritOns, when conquered by Cesar,
slept on skins, after the manner of our
North American Indians; but at later
period they made use of straw sacks as
beds. The ancient Egyptians had
couch of peculiar shape and a prOfu-
sion of soft cushions and richly EN-
broidered drapery. Most of the beds
mentioned in the Bible We're probably
of the ordinary simple kind.
During the middle ages beds were
made of coarse canvas and filled with
straw or leaves These could be open
ed and the litter re-made daily, as is
the custom to-day with the mattresses
in the old-fashiOned inns of France and
Italy. The bedsteads were lOw-posted
and usually had a canopy at the head.
In the Bayeux tapestry Edward the
Confessor is represented lying upon Il
raised seat, his head supported by
squared pillows, and the canopy over
his head is attached to the wall. Scott,
in his romance of ''lvanhOe," describes
one of the beds in the mansion of Ced-
ric the Saxon, as consisting Of rude
..hutch or bed-frame, stuffed with clean
straw and accommodated with two or
three sheepskins by way of bedclothes.
The house of the ancient English
gentleman was not, as a general thing,
provided with bedrooms. A chamber
OF she'd was built against the wall that
inclosed the mansion and its dependen-
cies, and in this little cell the lord and
his lady slept, Sometimes there WAS
another chamber of the same kind
built for the daughter or young ladies
of the house. Many illusions 10 such
bedrooms are found in Chauncer In
the -.Mller's Tale there is such
room spoken of in the carpenter 5
; house. The miller i'll the Reeve
Tale" had only one, bedroom, and his
! daughter slept i'll the same room in a
bed covered with '.sheets and Chalon
coverlet= fairly spread" As general
thing, the young nen of the house and
the guests slept on tables and benches
in the great hall where woolen cover
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-03-03
Hardwood Floors.

If YOU have hardwood floors. or the
simply stained and shellacked pine,
the whole beauty and freshness of the
room will depend on their being kept
bright and free from dust; sweep
ing with i hair broom every morning
and washing once Il week will secure
this, except in long dry spells, or if there
is much coal dust in winter, when
damp cloth must follow the broom when
the latter is insufficient to remove the
dusty appearance, but never in this or
any other case allhw the damp cloth to
replace broom. Too many servants
think they need not sweep floors or oil
cloth if they are going to wash it, the
result is a cloudy, half-cleaned look.
Once in while, every fourth week per-
haps, the water used for washing stain
ed or hardwood floors should be hot,
and have tablespoonful of turpentine
and the same of oil in it, the cloth be
wrung out of this and used to wipe the
floors Light-wood floors, ASH. etc.,
are frightened by the use of skinned
milk instead of water.-Cdtherl7ae O!0e,s
i1s G00d Housekeeping. .-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-03-03
Profit in Sentimental Songs.

An Interesting fact about successful
songs nlay be noted, and that is, only
sentimental songs make money. HUI
morous songs become very popular,
They are applauded in the theater,
when fayorite singer sings them. and
are laughed at unrestrainedly, but very
few in the audience ever think of buy
ing copies of them. This is peculiarly
true of that description of humorous
ditty known as the topical song. 1t may
be explained that this is a song in which
the material of the different verses is
arranged 10 give point to a significant
phrase which invariably forms the last
line of the verse. The performance
practically amounts to piggling with
language, the effect coming from the
humorous and unexpected illustration
which can he adduced of the idea EN-
bodied in the adopted phrase.
Given on the stage by an expert sing
er, who enforces the points Of the
verses by appropriate action and facial
expression, these songs are very effect
i've, Sung in the parlor by an ordinary
vocalist and without the effect which
comes from the assembly of large num-
Der of people, these songs almost myari-
ably fall fiat. In consequence they are
seldom sung there, and the music pub
fishers who give them to the world find
the world ungrateful, much to the pub
lisher's pecuniary grief. On the other
hand, sentimental song may be sung
in the home circle by an inexperienced
or other the underlying sentiment
survives the most outrageous treat
ment. 1t has better staying qualities
than humor has. The melodies are
simple, the thoughts expressed find a
welcome among all classes of people,
and the sheet music finds its way to
thousands of piano racks throughout
the land; and so the publisher becomes
happy and affiuent.-NeW York MAJ
and cypress.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-03-03

4 prize of $4,000 Is offered by the
Belgian government FOR the author of
the best work on the progress of cleo
tricity in lis uses a IA motor and for
lighting purposes, with all applications
that can be made of it for such par
poses, and the economy and advan-
tages which its use may offer. The
prize which will be awarded in 1889, is
open to all nationalities, and the manu=
script may be written in English,
French, Flemish, German, or Spanish.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-03-03
Business Cards.
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NOTARY PyzARC, Mantua. o. Con-
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TE8RNEY - E4&tV, Eavenna. -
Il Uliee in .SiacisscaC t,l1la, North Ghes5'
nut Stree:. Ravenna, OHIO
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sTRoNa's A1aiu St. GaNeEna. ONO.
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r. Y. LACEY,

A TTORNEY AT LAW, and NOTARY
IN PUBLlC.
,1nice with NJ. STU ART. North Chestnutst
kavenna, Ohio.
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G. d. INGELL
.. w. MANSON,

TTORNEY AZ LAW aud Sotar,
~ Public. Office in over Mrs. Smiths Milli
cry store Mantua station. Ohio. bl2-tI.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-03-23

''BooM the newspapers and the newspapers will boom the town. This is a Kansas motto and mover fails to work when properly car ried out. Ii is mutual affair in which all share alike in the bene- fits that ensue."
 So says g Kansas paper, and says it truthfully. The welfare of the community IS closely bound up with that of the newspapers of the place, especially where the ter ritory is newly settled and needs an influx of men and money to aid it's growth. Let the town stand by the papers and the papers will stand by the town.-Exchange.
 And so say we. It makes no difference how small the sheet may be and how seemingly unimportant be sure it is picked up and read, perhaps in an idle moment by some one outside the confines of its own circulation, where it has by some chance drifted, and if it's few columns are well filled with local news and local advertisements, it leaves the impression with the reader that the people and the pa per have a mutual regard for each other, and that the community must be pleasant as well as a thrifty ohe.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-03-23
TIE Lyons and Campbell Cattle

THE Lyons and Campbell Cattle Company of Grant county, N. M., propose to revolutionize the cattle business in their section. The Silver City Sentinel speaking of the company says:
 "Thoy propose to ship dressed beef east in refrigerator cars as soon as they can make the neces- sary preparations at this end of the line and it is more than probable that they will be shipping dressed beef to New York before the close of this season. This will not only give them a profitable market for their own stock but will afford the stockmen of this section advan- tages which are not possessed by the cattle raisers of any other sec tions of the territory. It will put the cattle business of this section beyond the control of the Kansas City and Chicago magnates who have for years been bleeding the stockraisers of the west. If Ly- ons x CampbelI's scheme is sue cessful the cattlemen of this sec ton cannot estimate the advan- tages which such an arsangement will bring them, too highly"
The Clifton clarion., 1887-03-23

ANOTHER outrage was perpetrat- cd in Nogalcs by Mexicans on the 18th inst, and Deputy Sheriff Speedy was again the intended victim, he being coaxed on the Mexican side, and there threatened by four Mexican custom house guards. He escaped by getting on American soil as rapidly as possible, and the four offenders were arrested by Gov. Torres but released shortly afterward. It seems that nothing but an armed force of American soldiers can keep these neighbors of ours in order, as it has been noticed that when troops were sent to the scene of the trouble on the 3rd, they be- came suddenly veIy quiet nice people. In view of this fact the citizens of Nogales have petitioned the U. s. authorities for the esta- blishment of a military post at that point, and we express the hope that the government will extend {, them the protection thry nsed.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-03-23

FRoM the Financial and Mining Record of the 18th instant we clip the following in regard to copper:
 There has been no improvement in the demand for Ingot and the market has ruled dull and weak. Lake has sold at 1060 cents and dealers are willing to accept bids of 103-4 cents cash. Arizona has sold at 10.1-4 cents and Baltimore has been offered at $40 without finding buyers.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-03-23

A CHICAGO drummer who wanted 10 figure as a hero out west, told that he had five glasses of whisky shot out of his hand by cowboy in Globe, Ariz. a few weeks ago. If he had wished to make his story plausible to those who know him, he might have said that the cowboy fattened five leaden balls against his chilled steel cheek.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-03-23
DR. PARKER of London. Eng, i

DR. PARKER of London, Eng, is mentioned as the possible success or of Henry Ward Beecher to the Plymouth Church pulpit. He is spoken of as man of ability and an attractive preacher, but pos sessed of style, and vlgor that closely border on coarseness. It Is feared that he might prove for midable rival to the gymnastic sen sation of the Tabernacle, Parson Talmage.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-03-23

FL PAso Is to have 9 new smel- ter, and company has been form ed, and machinery purchased for the same. The capital stock paid in is s600,000, and the name of the corporation is The Grande Smelt- ing, Milling and Refining Com pany. This new enterprise ln connection with the Refrigerator works will make Fl Paso, the city of the Southwest.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-03-23

THE Nihilists have again been making it interesting to the Czar of all the Russias, by throwing dynamite bombs at hiIn, on the anniversary of bis fathers death, who died from dynamite, some years ago. The life of n country editor is unpleasant at times. and anxiety is frequently known, but there are periods when he wouldn't change places with q King, not even an Emperor-of Russia.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-03-23

DUDES are called iaSartijos or lizards in the City of Mexico be- cause they hug closely the walls in the narrow streets and ogle fe male beauty as It passes to and fro. The simile is apt, and we al- ways feel like stepping on them when we see them.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-03-23

A TERRIBLE fire occurred in Buff falo, N. Y, on the 18th instant, the Richmond Hotel, and St. James Hall being burned to the ground; about half million dcl lars in property was destroyed, and many lives lost.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-03-23

SECRETARY MANNINe's resigna- tion does not take effect until April the first, though he has really severed his connection with the Treasury Department.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-03-23

TIE arorous Col. Arvizu who made all the trouble at Nogaiss on the 3rd, If found guilty, can be either shot or imprisoned, under the Mexican laws.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-03-23

ID tDvERTISERS.-Nine lines of solid Eonoarel measurement make one square.
 2. q DaRE. Advertising Agent. 6t and 65 Ncr,h1ats' ESchRngs, San Francisco. Cal, is n-,r a'ithn-;zai agent in that city, and con- .-s-ts for airertisin- can be mlde with him. TaE CLARION is on filc in his office.
 ~ TO CORRESPONDENTS. - When personal matters are the subject of commr- nica.ions. a rirorous scrutiny will he msdo of their contents. Plelse sign full name, write only on one side of your paper, and be brief.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-03-23

TIE United States Supreme Court has decided that no state or municipality has the right to tax commercial travellers from an- other state.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-03-23

COUNTY Coroners are no more. Justices of the Peace will hereaf- ter peIform all duties pertaining to that office.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-03-23

RUMoR has it that the FIftie!h Congress will be convened in Oc- tober, and that the fall session will run into the regular one.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-03-23

TIE Sep,euate bill has passed the new German Reichstag by vote of 227 to g and now Bis marck is happy.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-03-23

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND was 50 years of age last Friday the 18th instant.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-03-23

s-srs-E-Eo AT THE PosT-oTFJCE. CLIFTON
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Able and StatesmanIike.


Full justification of President CleVe-
lands unprecedented course in devoting
his annual communication to Congress ex-
clusively to consideration of the surplus
and the best means of distributing it. is to
be found in the message itself. The mes
sage is able and statesmanhke. business
like in style, perspicuous in statement,
clear in its reasoning and irrefutabie in its
conclusions
The message rises above party lines and
presents 2 common basis of patriotic states
manship on which Republicans and Dem.
ocrats are bound by every consideration of
the public welfare and of political expedi-
ency 10 stand together. Tnis is not a time,
as the message justly claims, for the dis
cussion of the theories of Protection and
Free Trade. Whatever differences of opin-
ion there may be ON general propositions
of political economy, no one can honestly
and intelljgentiy deny that the present
state of the public treasury necessitates
reduction.